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More than 3,100 migrants died or went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in 2023. Among them were at least 94 migrants who died in a shipwreck off southern Italy in February 2023. The crosses were set up at the site of the shipwreck shortly after it happened | Photo: Carmelo Imbesi/ANSA/picture alliance

UN says 2023 deadliest year for migrants in a decade

Last year's death toll was also 20% up on 2022. The Mediterranean route from North Africa to Europe remains the riskiest for migrants.

From file: Migrants arrive at La Restinga port in El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, January 3, 2024 | Photo: EPA/Gelmert Finol

Four migrants found dead off Spain’s Canary Islands

Four people have been found dead in a boat carrying dozens of migrants to the Canary Islands. Spanish authorities rescued 64 survivors on Tuesday night off the remote island of El Hierro.

From file: More than 400 migrants crossed the Channel on Monday (March 4) The greatest number in a single day so far this year | Photo: Toby Melville / Reuters

UK registers more than 400 migrant arrivals in single day across Channel

British government statistics show that more than 400 migrants arrived in small boats from across the Channel on Monday.

The signing of the MoU between UNHCR and ANCI to extend the shelter system of widespread reception in Italy. | Photo: UNHCR

UNHCR and ANCI sign agreement to strengthen reception system

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI) signed an agreement to strengthen migrant reception in Italy on March 4.

Tents in the upper level of the Silos in Trieste. March 2, 2024. | Photo: ANSA / MAX CAVALLARI

Italian co-op calls on government to address ex-warehouse occupied by homeless asylum seekers

Italy's Co-op Alleanza 3.0 is asking the country's public institutions to take charge of the situation at Trieste's Silos warehouse, which is currently occupied by hundreds of homeless asylum seekers.